THIS DISH IS ONIXCEPTABLE

[ex_cashcow493]

WHO: Anyone (tag yourself in)
WHERE: Fuchsia City
WHEN: August 10
SUMMARY: Mingle log for the cook off!
RATING: PG13, will edit in any warnings
LOG:

Fuchsia may be used to this kind of attention due to the ever so popular attractions they have there, but after people have been shuffled in from all parts of the world, its likely more noticeable for the natives. There are several tables set out and decorated in the various manner by whoever is borrowing them for the day as well as different areas set up to provide shade. A little bit away from the main crowd is a clear with sprinklers and other toys (water balloons, squirt bottles, etc) meant to harass those who need to cool down just a bit. Don't worry, admission is free and everyone is allowed to chow down provided you're on good terms with whichever table you visit.

Make your own threads and just mingle around. Voting will take place in this thread for the two competitions. Due to it being a con weekend and school preparations, winners will be decided/rewarded later on in the week.

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VOTING

[ex_cashcow493]

regular ver

[ex_cashcow493]

{ thread meant to 'tally' votes for the regular 'ol cook off, please submit your entries here and be prepared to have them judged by others! players, please respond to those threads with your votes! }

ENTRY: ARADIA MEGIDO (CHOCOLATES)

[timelymaid]

Okay, so the bake sale cookies turned out fine and Aradia helps cook for her travel group, so this should be okay, right?

WRONG.

Aradia is perfectly good with following directions/recipes. This is true. But for her entry, she decided it would be "fun" to experiment! And since she wanted to make chocolates, she experimented with those. In this case "experiment" means "throw in anything she likes".

So on a red plate, neatly arranged, are some pretty questionably lumpy looking chocolates. There are a bunch of weird things to be found in them, from gummy candies to caramels to bits of fruit. Some of these things might be okay alone, but they are just a little...too much. Chocolates range from too bitter to too sweet to sort of dusty tasting, and all of them are weirdly lumpy and textured and uh yeah.

Why would you vote for this? Are you insane? Do you like weird foods? Are you emotionally compromised or something, these are objectively horrible in every possible way. They even LOOK terrible.

She is so proud of herself right now though.

entry: john egbert (cake pops)

[ghostytrainer]

Initially, John had intended to have his entry be actual, real food, as he put it. But in the end, while he wasn't a bad cook by any stretch of the imagination, he'd always been a much better baker, loathe though his younger self had been to admit it. Baking just ran in his blood, whether he wanted it to or not.

Screw boxed cake mix though, that stuff is still basically the devil. If you're going to bake, you better make that stuff from scratch, which is exactly what John did.

Though, admittedly, he might have gone a little overboard with this. Arranged on a plain white stand are about fifty cake pops, which have been decorated with various candies to look like various round or cylindrical Pokémon. There are five of each: Poliwag, Natu, Jigglypuff, Munna, Oddish, Jigglypuff, Litwick, Drifloon, Azurill, and Omanyte. The cake itself is a rich chocolate-vanilla marble, dipped in various colors of chocolate bark (which tastes like white chocolate no matter what color it is because food dye) and then decorated accordingly.

The question here is: can you actually stand to bite into these adorable confections?

OFFICIAL JUDGE VOTE/COMMENTS

[cakelover]

Okay this is cake except on popsicle sticks, there was no way this wasn't getting Honey's vote.

Actually, if he isn't stopped he may try to eat a good chunk of the 50...

★★★★★
A full five stars! And his vote for the ~winning entry~.

entry: lancer (irish stew and no one was surprised)

[riastrad_ridire]

You people are gonna make yourselves diabetic, goddamn.

Lancer, on the other end of the culinary spectrum, had been hard at work on an ancient and delicious dish comprised mainly of lamb, potatoes and carrots. It was probably a little too hot outside for that, he realized in hindsight, but oh well. He could cook and do it pretty damn well by his country's (limited) standards, so that's exactly what Lancer did.

As much of a screwup as he could be in literally every other aspect, it would be pretty hard to say he'd fallen flat in this case.

OFFICIAL JUDGE COMMENTS

[cakelover]

While he went with another one for his personal pick to win (...though it's one vote, so you have a shot still, Lancer!) Honey's taking his judge duties seriously and trying everything.

★★★★☆
It has a good taste and presentation, but...for this hot weather, stew isn't really the thing! Perhaps in winter months he'd give it another star...

pokemon ver

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{ thread meant to 'tally' votes for the Pokemon version of the cook off, please submit your entries here and be prepared to have them judged by others! players, please respond to those threads with your Pokemon's votes! }

ENTRY: MITSUKUNI HANINOZUKA (SWEET STRAWBERRY POFFINS)

[cakelover]

Since he's not a judge for the pokemon side of the competition, Honey signs up here. His poffins are pink, sweet, and were poured into strawberry-shaped molds, so that is what they look like. There are also one or two heart and shower shaped poffins. They're arranged very professionally and cutely, too.

He does all of his own cooking these days for himself and his pokemon, and specializes in sweet things, so this is a lot better than another Lucy character's entry.

[cakelover]

[ As one of the signed-up judges, Honey can be found at the judge's table a lot of the time. Kan-chan the Kangaskhan is out of her ball and trailing after him as usual, and they're both rather sharply dressed - at least, Honey's wearing an open button-up shirt over white undershirt, with slacks, and Kan-chan has her stylin' pink scarf. Honey also has his fancy judge's ribbon pinned to his shirt. What power!

Since this is a contest where he gets to eat and taste food and it's an event, Honey is pretty darn cheerful.

Besides, Kaoru was planning to join him for a Host Club Reunion! And several people he knows are going, so...Feel free to find him at the judging table and/or mingling at various booths.

He also will join in the clearing with squirt guns and water balloons eventually. Look out: while he's cute and tiny, he's got deadly aim and speed.

And in addition to all that, Honey actually entered some poffins in the pokemon-judged contest. ]

[timelymaid]

[ Aradia is at the festival for the Breeding Centre, today. As one of the travelling employees, she is actually attached to them! And will be set up at one of the tables doing a BC-run bake sale. Any other employees or friends who wanted to help out can, and the fossil-and-ghost shaped cookies were courtesy lessons from John. THANKS, JOHN. There are also various other goods she managed to get together as well as anything other BC people donated to the Cause, and pamphlets for the center.

When she's not there, she can be found visiting other booths or, after a while, joining in any ongoing water fights because why not. For the heat she'll have jean shorts and a glaringly red ledyba-patterned tank top. And a braid, courtesy Kanaya. THANKS, KANAYA.

She also enters the food contest with some really questionable chocolates. ]

[ghostytrainer]

[He was happy to help, Aradia! It's always more fun to bake with other people than it is to bake alone, after all. And rest assured, they definitely had fun I am pretty much positive there was no way that anything other than fun is what transpired during that baking session.]

[But that's not right now. That is the past and right now is the food festival itself and John is glancing down at Aradia's entry with a raised eyebrow.]

Chocolates, huh? After all the baking tips I gave you, you went with chocolates. So offended right now, wow.

[Only he's trying very hard not to laugh and mostly failing at that so it's obvious that he's not actually offended at all. Though... okay, these are some really, really iffy looking chocolates. But maybe this is one of those cases where the food tastes better than it looks?]

[timelymaid]

[ There is absolutely no way they didn't have fun, and everyone who wasn't involved should be jealous on all the missed-out fun.

And yes, chocolates. Aradia beams at John, cheerfully. ]

Well, I didn't want to copy your recipes for this! After all, it's a contest - wouldn't that be unfair? So I went with my very own recipe!

[ No, John. This is not one of those times. ]

[ghostytrainer]

Hehe, I figured that might be the case. I wasn't actually offended. So what did you put in them? Or is this supposed to be more of a secret surprise type deal.

[No, surely, it must be. John has faith in his friends.]

[timelymaid]

It's a surprise! I can tell you after.

[ John, you shouldn't. ...Though she does pause. ]

Oh, no peanuts, though, if that's what you're asking.

[ghostytrainer]

Oh! Well no that is not specifically why I was asking but that is a good thing either way.

[He really doesn't want to make a trip to the hospital, after all.]

Alright then. Here goes.

[After a moment's deliberation, John takes a fair-sized and particularly lumpy chocolate. Before he can so much as swallow it, his eyes widen and his entire body seems to freeze up.]

Hrk...! [Okay so normally he likes gummies! Gummies are pretty okay as far as sweet things go! And caramel isn't half bad either but together... not so much. And god how much sugar did she even put into the mix for the chocolate itself? John is pretty sure that he just got either diabetes or a cavity just from eating half of this chocolate. But is that going to stop him from eating the rest of it? Of course not.]

[Just... give him a second to actually swallow that first bite. And try to arrange his face into a more neutral expression. This... mostly works. Though that smile does seem oddly stretched.]

It's... sweet!

[Okay that's not... a total lie. And really, these aren't as bad as they could be. They're merely violently assaulting his tastebuds (which aren't overly fond of sweet things to begin with) instead of horribly maiming and/or killing them. Somehow, John manages to finish the other half of the chocolate.]

[NOBODY CAN EVER TRY AND CLAIM THAT JOHN EGBERT ISN'T A SUPPORTIVE FRIEND. NO SIR. HE CAN'T WAIT TO BE A WONDERFUL FRIEND AND FALL DOWN ALL THIS SUPPORT!!!!!]

[timelymaid]

[ SHE LOOKS SO EAGER, JOHN. So eager and innocent and thrilled about this approval (because that was approval, right, "sweet" is an approving term RIGHT?) and she just lights up.

THIS SUPPORT, IT'S SO SUPPORTIVE.

But really he probably just gave himself a cavity... ]

You think so??? I've been working on the recipe all week!!!

[ she should never experiment ever ]

[ghostytrainer]

Y-Yeah, definitely. It's definitely sweet!

[Oh jeez and she looks so damn happy about it. Fuck. That just makes breaking the truth even harder, he's not sure if he can do it.]

Um...though it might. Maybe, possibly be just a bit...overpoweringly so. Just as a bit of constructive criticism! Next time maybe just...a little bit...less sweet. But you did good!

[timelymaid]

You think it's too sweet?

[ ...Luckily her self esteem is not made of spun sugar or fragile glass, but she frowns down at the treats. THE EXPERIMENT...WAS A FAILURE? ]

[ghostytrainer]

Just a little bit! I mean it's not like they're terrible or anything! Just...kind of...overpoweringly sweet.

[But only kind of.]

[timelymaid]

[ HER CHANCES OF WINNING, SLIPPING AWAY...

No, Aradia just continues looking at her experiments. ]

...Maybe I should have made someone taste-test.

[ghostytrainer]

[...]

...did you...at least taste-test them yourself?

[Aradia.............]

[timelymaid]

[ ................. ]

Well, I wanted it to be a surprise!

[ n o p e ]

[ghostytrainer]

[ARADIA..................]

[This explains. So much...]

I...see. Well, I can say that it was...definitely a surprise! You definitely succeeded on that front. With flying colors.

[timelymaid]

...So, next time I should taste-test.

[ SHE'S OKAY AT COOKING NORMAL STUFF...SORT OF...

...she's not a picky eater. ]

[ghostytrainer]

It's usually a good idea, yes.

[timelymaid]

I'll make a note of it. ...But it wasn't too bad, was it? Do you need me to buy you something different to eat?

[ghostytrainer]

[He waves a hand, laughing.]

Nah, don't worry about it! It's all good. I mean I'm still standing, right? No peanuts, no harm done.

[timelymaid]

So are peanuts the only thing you can't eat?

[ghostytrainer]

Yup! Well...by association, obviously nothing involving peanut-y byproducts either. Which rules out more than you would think, but eh. [He shrugs.] Not the end of the world.

[timelymaid]

What sorts of things does that rule out?

[ she's never...asked.

Obviously peanut butter, but. ]

[ghostytrainer]

Surprisingly? Most store-bought chocolates. Since most of them have been processed in places that also process nuts. So even if the particular candy in question doesn't have them, it's possible there was a close encounter of the peanut kind.

[And with as bad as his allergies are...that can be enough.]

Chinese food usually has a lot of peanut oil in it so I have to be careful with takeout. Same with Mexican food, actually. Basically I just have to read labels carefully and ask at restaurants and stuff. [He shrugs.] It's a big part of the reason I do a lot of my own cooking, since it's just easier to be sure that way. It was the same way back home. Dad and I didn't eat out a whole lot.

[timelymaid]

A closer encounter of the peanut kind? I guess it's a good thing we weren't alien peanuts? Or that we ate nothing but.

[ THAT MAKES NO SENSE, ARADIA, BUT MOVING...ON............. ]

That's a lot of things! I've never had anything I can't eat - even this body doesn't seem to have anything it can't eat? Except, well, metal and silly things like that - but that makes sense. You like cooking, though, don't you?

[ghostytrainer]

I do, yes! Like I wouldn't say I'm passionate about it or anything but it's fun. And oddly relaxing at times.

Plus it makes other people happy so what's not to like?

[timelymaid]

Well, that's true!! Making other people happy is pretty nice. I guess I normally did a fair amount of the cooking when there were more of us in the group - I mean, we all did.

[ ...well, Sollux didn't really but his idea of nutrition hadn't been acceptable so that was why. ]

[riastrad_ridire]

[There is a Deino wandering about with her nose firmly pressing to everything--the ground, the tables, your leg--and making loud snuffling sounds. If she finds someone with any source of food, she may well just plop herself down and sit on the person's foot with a look that screams 'feed me'.]

[A distance away and surely completely unrelated is the individual in a slightly charred and battered apron, quite busy cutting up vegetables and whistling cheerfully.]